By Neil Primus
The night was dark. The wind pushed and pulled at everything in its way. The owl’s too-wheet-too-whoo seemed to be coming from every direction. Dogs barked and howled. It was a perfect night to be safely in your house.
Cedric and Ravi were heading home. They lived in the boring rural village of Penance. It had nothing but trees, flies and mosquitoes; or so they thought. After a rocking fete they were now making their way into the village. Both were high with weed and liquor in their systems.
Their voices could be heard a great distance away. They were laughing, shouting, arguing and cussing as they sauntered along. Both of them saw the old guy at the same time. He was sitting at the side of the road as if lost.

“Got a cigarette?” he asked as they approached.
Ravi offered him a cigarette and Cedric lit it with his lighter. When the glare of the lighter revealed the face of the stranger, things went from normal to bizarre. The old man’s face was hideous and discoloured. That was something no sane person wanted to see, especially on a dark night along a lonely village road. The one feature that really freaked them out was his teeth. They were long yellowish-green, sharp and wicked looking. The duo took off for safer pastures. Full of energy they made a swift run to the entrance of the village.
They both stopped when they realized that they were alone. Turning into the village they continued on. On the road ahead of them a youth was walking. They caught up with him and began to chat.

“Yo out late soldier.” Ravi offered.
“Yea I jus tekking a walk. ”was the response.
“We coming from a big fete.”
“Nice.”
“Boy we jus met up wid a old man pon de dam. Dat fella ugly like sin.” Cedric disclosed.
“Really?”
“Yea man, Dis man had some of the worse teeth I ever see. Long, sharp and deadly!” Ravi added.
The young man stopped walking and asked quietly.
“De man had a black hat?”
“Yes!” both shouted together.
“He was dressed in blue and black?”
“Yes!” both shouted in agreement.
The youth then turned towards them and asked.
“He had teeth like dis?”
Both youths felt real dread for the second time that night. The face they were now looking at was much uglier than the old man’s.
The teeth were longer, sharper and seemed to have a smudge of something red on the tips.
Both Cedric and Ravi moved as one.
A voice behind the speeding youth enquired.
“Yo aint want yo lighter?” The voice was that of the old man.
“NO! KEEP IT!”
Both voices sounded as one.
ZOOM!!